LAMBs in the Director's Chair: Akira Kurosawa

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Day 3

Foolish Blatherings takes a look at Seven Samurai, maybe Kurosawa's most famous film.

Day 2

Anh Khoi Do and Movies reviewed Ran, and puts it forth as Kurosawa's greatest film.

Day 1

Random Ramblings of a Demented Doorknob compared Rashomon the movie to the short stories it was adapted from, then gave the movie his highest rating.

Korova Theatre Presents has a review of Seven Samurai, featuring maybe the most awesome movie poster ever. Unsurprisingly, the film receives an A+.

Matte Havoc takes a look at Stray Dog and Rashomon, and also has a fairly in-depth, two-part YouTube video about Kurosawa's influences and those he influenced.

Japan Cinema has reviewed not one, not two, but three Kurosawa films: Ran, Seven Samurai, and Kagemusha. His custom banners for each film are, as always, very impressive.

The Movie Projector looks at The Bad Sleep Well and High and Low, two of Kurosawa's 60's efforts.

LAMBs in the Director's Chair #2: Akira Kurosawa

It's time to start thinking about the second installment of LAMBs in the Director's Chair, and after much chatter on the LAMB message board, a consensus has been reached. This month's director:


Akira Kurosawa

Acclaimed and hailed as one of the greatest directors of all time, the works of Japan's grand master of cinema will be up for review at the LAMB, August 18-20, any and all posts, written or in the waiting, are accepted.

So if you've reviewed one of his movies, have done a shot-by-shot comparison between Yojimbo and A Fistful of Dollars, or even, gasp, want to hate on one of his movies, be our guest.

Send all submissions to me at marchhaire@gmail.com.

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